Pharmacokinetic Studies of Chinese Medicinal Herbs Using an Automated Blood Sampling System and Liquid Chromatography-mass Spectrometry

Yu-Tse Wu；Ming-Tsang Wu；Chia-Chun Lin；Chao-Feng Chien；Tung-Hu Tsai

Chinese medicinal herbs ； Pharmacokinetics ； Automated blood sampling systems ； Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry

Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine

2卷1期（2012 / 01 / 01）

33 - 40

英文

The safety of herbal products is one of the major concerns for the modernization of traditional Chinese medicine, and pharmacokinetic data of medicinal herbs guide us to design the rational use of the herbal formula. This article reviews the advantages of the automated blood sampling (ABS) systems for pharmacokinetic studies. In addition, three commonly used sample preparative methods, protein precipitation, liquid-liquid extraction and solid-phase extraction, are introduced. Furthermore, the definition, causes and evaluation of matrix effects in liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC/MS) analysis are demonstrated. Finally, we present our previous works as practical examples of the application of ABS systems and LC/MS for the pharmacokinetic studies of Chinese medicinal herbs.

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